NHL News: Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad hit with 20-game suspension for PED violation

The Florida Panthers were dealt a heavy blow in their pursuit of defending their Stanley Cup title after the league announced veteran defenseman Aaron Ekblad would serve a 20-game suspension for violating the NHL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.  Ekblad, 29, will serve his suspension, without pay, as the Panthers enter the final stretch of the regular season.  … Read more

Risch, GOP lawmakers demand Olympic committee comply with Trump order to ban trans athletes in women’s sports

EXCLUSIVE: More than two dozen Senate and House Republicans are demanding the International Olympic Committee (IOC) align its policies with President Donald Trump’s executive order to safeguard the opportunities of female athletes on the Olympic stage, Fox News Digital has learned. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, along with … Read more

DC plane crash: NTSB calls for immediate changes at Reagan airport

The National Transportation Safety Board chairman called for immediate changes at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, saying the current helicopter routes around the airport “pose an intolerable risk to aviation safety.” Chairman Jennifer Homendy said the NTSB is recommending that the Federal Aviation Administration permanently ban helicopter operations near Reagan when runways 15 … Read more

3 charged with second-degree murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

Three people have been charged with second-degree murder after a 5-year-old boy was killed when a hyperbaric chamber exploded at a medical facility in Michigan earlier this year, officials announced Tuesday. Thomas Cooper died on Jan. 31 in the incident at the Oxford Center in Troy, officials said. The chamber contained 100% oxygen, making it … Read more

Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts

ATLANTA — The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, has ended about $10 million in annual funding to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, a CISA spokesperson … Read more

Kamala Harris roasted for trying to tie love of Doritos to Big Tech innovation during AI conference

Former Vice President Kamala Harris was roasted for delivering another “word salad” on a public stage after trying to tie the “innovation” of Big Tech to her love of nacho cheese Doritos during an artificial intelligence conference.  “Kamala just tried to explain innovation and it is the dumbest thing I have ever heard,” popular conservative … Read more

At least 450 taken hostage in Pakistan train attack

At least six military personnel have been killed and 450 people have been taken hostage after the Balochistan Liberation Army, a militant group, attacked a train in Pakistan, according to a U.S. official. The BLA has threatened to kill all the hostages if Pakistan’s military tries to rescue them, the official said. The BLA blew … Read more